Photochemical isomerization of 1,2,5-trisilabicyclo[3.2.0]hepta-3,6-diene to 1,4,7-trisilabicyclo[2.2.1]hepta-2,5-diene

Tadahiro Matsuno; Masaaki Ichinohe; Akira Sekiguchi

doi:10.1039/b301536j

Photochemical isomerization of 1,2,5-trisilabicyclo[3.2.0]hepta-3,6-diene to 1,4,7-trisilabicyclo[2.2.1]hepta-2,5-diene

Chem Commun (Camb). 2003 May 21:(10):1200-1. doi: 10.1039/b301536j.

Authors

Tadahiro Matsuno¹, Masaaki Ichinohe, Akira Sekiguchi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8571, Japan.

PMID: 12778734
DOI: 10.1039/b301536j

Abstract

Upon irradiation of a benzene-d6 solution of 1,2,2,5-tetrakis[di-tert-butyl(methyl)silyl]-4,7-diaryl- 1,2,5-trisilabicyclo-[3.2.0]hepta-3,6-diene [1a: aryl = phenyl, b: aryl = 3,5-bis-(trimethylsilyl)phenyl], 1,4,7,7-tetrakis[di-tert-butyl-(methyl)silyl]-2,5-diaryl-1,4,7- trisilabicyclo[2.2.1]hepta-2,5-diene (2a,b) was formed via skeletal rearrangement.